05/18/2016 Past Connecticut ARRL Section Communications Manager (SCM — now SM), veteran Field Organization volunteer, and author Pete Kemp, KZ1Z, of Wesley Chapel, Florida, died on May 17. He was 67. An ARRL Life Member, Kemp served as Connecticut SCM … Continue reading →
05/18/2016 The STMSat-1 CubeSat built by students at St Thomas More (STM) Cathedral School in Arlington, Virginia, silent since it was deployed from the International Space Station, will begin transmitting when its orbit is stable, the transmitter has power, and … Continue reading →
05/17/2016 The Sunday afternoon Grand Prize Drawing at Hamvention® 2016 will feature a bright new LED display that will present winning ticket numbers as they are drawn. It will be visible throughout Hara Arena’s main arena, where the prize drawings … Continue reading →
05/16/2016 Award-winning Hollywood producer and ARRL benefactor Dave Bell, W6AQ, of Encinitas, California, died on May 13. He was 84 and had been a radio amateur for 65 years. Bell had been suffering from cancer and was in hospice care. … Continue reading →
05/16/2016 Students at St Thomas More (STM) Cathedral School in Arlington, Virginia, erupted into cheers and celebration today (May 16) as their STMSat-1 CubeSat finally was deployed from the International Space Station. Equipped with a slow-scan TV (SSTV) payload, STMSat-1 … Continue reading →
05/16/2016 The crew of a sailing vessel that foundered on a reef in the South Pacific in early May was safely rescued, thanks in part to the alert ear of Maritime Mobile Service Network (MMSN) member Russell Taylor, AI6GV, of … Continue reading →
05/14/2016 Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN) Founder and past National Director Maj Patrick E. “Pat” McPherson, WW9E, of Coloma, Michigan, died on May 14 at Lakeland Medical Center in St Joseph, Michigan, where he’d been admitted on May … Continue reading →
05/13/2016 The winner of the May 2016 QST Cover Plaque award is “A Field Portable Multi-Band Rotatable Dipole Antenna” by Jeff Otterson, N1KDO. The QST Cover Plaque Award — given to the author or authors of the most popular article … Continue reading →
05/13/2016 As part of its Centennial activities, the South Jersey Radio Association (SJRA) will host a 10-day QSO party, June 10-19. Founded on June 12, 1916, in the home of William G. Phillips in Collingswood, New Jersey, the SJRA dates … Continue reading →
05/13/2016 ARRL will offer a training session for ARES Emergency Coordinators, District Emergency Coordinators, and Section Emergency Coordinators on the subject of local, section, and state-level memorandums of understanding (MoUs) for ARES. The webinar will take place on Tuesday, May … Continue reading →